Fishing-rod support.



I T. M. LYNCH.

I FISHING ROD SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30. 1909.

Patented July 26, 1910.

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FISHING-ROD SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patnted July 26, 1910.

Application filed January 30, 1909. Serial 110,475,178.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS M. Lrncn, a citizen of the United States,residlng at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have inventedcertain new and useful 1m provements in Fishing-Rod Supports; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains .to make and use the same.

My invention relates to fishing-rod supports or holders.

It has for its object 'to provide for a de- Vice of this nature which isvery simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, and Which may be usedin a boat or on shore with equal success.

Another object is topermit the changing of the angle at which the rod isheld in the support withoutaltering the position of the support itself.

Another object is to avoid danger of the rod becoming disengaged fromthe holder in case said rod is moved therein accidentally.

, Another object is to provide for holding the rod in a nearly uprightposition for baiting the line.

Further objectswill become apparent. from the following description.

The invention consists broadly of a support comprising a standardadapted to be secured to the gunwale, seat orother part of a boat or toa fixture on shore, a V-shaped fork at the upper end of said standard,substantially horizontal port-ions extending substantially parallel toeach other from the ends of said fork, and an inverted V-shaped forkconnecting the other extremities of said horizontal portions.

The invention also consists in the features of construction andcombinations of parts hereinafter described a'hd specified in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating the preferred embodiments of myinvention: Figure 1 is a perspective. view of the support. Fig. 2 is aside view showing it attached to the gunwale of a boat and a fishing-rodarranged in said support, a second position of the rod being shown indotted lines. Fig. 3 is a side view of the;support mounted on a blockanchored to the ground, a fishing-rod being shown in the holder with itsbottom end arranged in a socket in said block, so that said rod issupported substantially vertically as when it is desired to bait theline. Figs. 4 and 5 are detailed views of the, anchoring pin and blockrespectively, and Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the support showing thetubular coverings of the forks in section and the lower end of the prongof the lower. fork spaced away from the stand ard for the purposehereinafter explained.

- Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 designates the standardwhich is preferably screw-threaded at its lower end, as at 2, forconnection with a fixture.

3 and 4 designate the prongs of the V- shaped fork, 5 and 6, thehorizontal portions and 7 and 8, the prongs of the inverted V-shapedfork. The latter fork is prefer ably arranged in a plane substantiallyparallel with the plane of the first mentioned fork. The end of theprong 4 of the V- shaped fork is spaced away from the upper end of thestandard, as at 9, to permit the tubular coverings 10 to be slipped onand removed when worn. As shown, each of the prongs of both forks iscovered by one of these tubes preferably made of rubber to prgventchafing of the handle of the fishing ro p The support or holder ispreferably made of a single bent metal rod. A sufficient length of therod is left straight at one end to constitute the standard. It is thenbent laterally at an oblique angle to form the prong 3 of the lowerfork, thence bent rearwardly to form the horizontal portion 5,

thence bent laterally upwardly and then downwardly to form the prongs ofthe upper fork, thence bent forward forming the horizontal portion 6,and finally bent laterally and downwardly to form the prong 4 of thelower fork.

In Figs. 3, 4 and 5, I'have illustrated how the support may be used onshore. Said holder is attached to a block 11 by having its standardscrewed into an opening 12 in the upper surface near one end of theblock.

Said block'is also provided with a socket 13 into which the butt end ofthe handle of the fishing-rod is adapted to fit, as hereinbeforevexplained. The block may be anchored to the ground in any suitablemanner. I have shown one way of doing this which consists of a pin 14;screwed into the end of the block and extending down a sufiicientdistance into the ground. The pin is preferably bent, as shown, beingsecured to the end of the block .said forks and horizontal formed bysuitably bending and having a horizontal portion 14* extending in linewith the longitudinal axis of sa d block whereby the tendency of thefishmg rod to turn the block over endwise and pull the pin out of theground is reduced by reason of thelever arm, of which the horizontalportion of the pin is a part, belng lengthened thereby.

It will be noted that by reason of the construction which I employ, therod. may be adjusted at different angles, the angle when the extremetapered end' of the handle is engaged with the holder being differentfrom that when the enlarged middle portion of said handle is arranged inthe support. It will also be seen that the horizontal portions preventthe rod from being jarred or otherwise inadvertently displaced from theholder. As the support is made of a single piece of bent met-a1 rod, itcan be very quickly formed into shape andmanufactured very cheaply.

The holder may be turned at will by reason of the screw connection ofits standard with a part-of a boat or wit-h the block 11 so that it willextend in any desired direction.

When the support is attached to block and end of said rod back adjacentthereto where it forms one prong of the upright fork.

2. A fishing-rod support made of a single metal rod comprising astandard, an upright fork at the upper end of said standard,

and adapted to be put on and taken off at said endof the rod by reasonof it being spaced away from the standard.

3. The combination, with a block having a socket therein, and means toanchor said block to the ground, of a fishing-rod sup )ort comprising astandard secured to said b ock, a fork at the upper end of saidstandard, horizontal portions extending substantially parallel to eachother from the ends of said fork toward the socket in said block, and aninverted fork connecting the other extremities of said horizontalportions, whereby a fishing-rod may be arranged substantially verticallyin said sup ort with its butt-end in the socket in the b ock.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

THOMAS M. LYNCH.

Witnesses ERNEST P. HUTCHINSON,

M. H. YATES.

